2012 was full of so many Tillatastic moments we loafed capturing on Instagram. From the Loaf Love Tour to your favorite Tillamook Cheeses. These are the pictures you (our fans) hearted the most.
Here are our top 5 Instagram fan favorites from 2012:
1. @alysianfields
2. @japanesewhiterabbit
3. @brandon_m_lyons
4. @cnewby78
5. @sarahtomlin
From Craig: "My dog Rufus LOVES Tillamook Wild Mountain Blackberry Ice Cream!"
It’s been a fun and busy month in the Tillamook online world! This past month we were busy grilling some familiar faces and Fans on top of grilled cheese sandwiches. And on Tuesday we launched a Facebook app that lets you all create your own Cheese’wiches. Have you given it a try? What do ya think? Share your Cheese’wich creations with us on our Facebook Wall.
The Loaf Love Tour is cruisin’ around Salt Lake City celebrating Tillamook Sandwich Week. You can keep track of their stops by following #LoafLove on Twitter. And to celebrate back-to-school, don’t miss our newest contest — What’s In Your Lunchbox? Win Tilla-Moos by sharing your favorite lunchbox tips and tricks.
I’ll leave you with some of my favorite Fan comments from August.
Have a great September!
- Loafy
From Nancy: ONLY TILLAMOOK makes my dog’s medicine go down! Thanks Tillamook!
From Rachel: I used to think I didn’t really like cheese. Turns out it was because I grew up on lower quality, “cheap” cheese. As an adult I discovered Tillamook and I LOVE it!
From Tiffany: My daughter sneaks your cheese! So cute! Thanks for making a product I feel confident with my daughter sneaking!
From Christina: Tillamook is my favorite!!! All I think about is Tillamook even when I see it and eat it, it makes me slobber :D Gross and very delicious =]
From Craig: My dog Rufus LOVES Tillamook Wild Mountain Blackberry Ice Cream!
Laura Werlin's Cheese'wich
From author and cheese expert Laura Werlin: Thx 4 the #cheesewich love. Nothing better than being on the cover of a grilled chz sand!
From @mirywhitehill: I’m in a love cube with @tillamookcheese. Just me and cube of cheddar.
From @thehollyjones: Coworker just walked in on me licking spilled @tillamookcheese yogurt off my shirt. #notatallembarassed
From @robcalibur: @TillamookCheese I’ll be seeing u in Roy, UT. The wife says you can stay in the basement if you bring some Special Reserve.
From @cybervenus: @TillamookCheese back in 1996 when I moved from my roots in Oregon to Atlanta, I used to have my mom send Fresh Oregon Salmon and Baby Loaves of your magnificent cheese. Thanks for a lifetime of keeping me cheesy!
Lorie Davis, the Tillamook Cheese July Fan of the Month
In honor of National Ice Cream Month, we selected a true Tillamook Ice Cream lover to be our July Fan of the Month. We first “met” Lorie when she left a comment on a blog post about our Ice Cream Photo Contest:
“Boy! Would I ever like to send you a picture of this 69 year old grandma diving into a gigantic, heaping bowl of my favorite ice cream in the world: Tillamook Mudslide! If only I could figure out some way to get a massive carton of it sent down her to Austin, Texas! I have to wait 6 months until my semi-annual trip to Portland, at which time I eat several!”
Thanks for being our July Fan of the Month, Lorie! Hope you eat lots of Tillamook Mudslide on your next trip to Portland!
Q: How long have you been eating Tillamook dairy products? When did your “Loaf Love” for Tillamook begin?
A: I’ve eaten and liked Tillamook Cheese for decades. But my love affair began when I toured your Cheese Factory, and had a super-sized cone of Tillamook Ice Cream right there in your gift shop. OHHHHHH! I cannot describe the bliss! The most glorious flavor of ice cream that had ever caressed my tongue!
Q: What’s your favorite Tillamook product?
A: Without question, Tillamook Mudslide Ice Cream! I can’t get enough, and eat it obsessively when it is available! I live in Texas now, and lament bitterly that I can’t get your wonderful ice cream down here!
Q: What’s your favorite Tillamook Ice Cream flavor?
A: As stated above, I adore and crave Tillamook Mudslide: Super chocolaty ice cream with thin layers of chocolate shell (the kind that melts on your tongue) strewn all through and between. (For some, it might be a chocolate overload — but “overload” and “chocolate” have never co-existed in my comprehension. More! More!).
I confess that during my bi-annual trips to Portland, I always buy a couple of cartons of Mudslide and eat them all gone! I have been known to share, but my kids and grandkids have to race me to the freezer. I can take down a carton in a day – little bowls smuggled off to my room so nobody will actually see what a glutton I am. It’s just too voluptuous to resist! (I don’t do this with any other ice cream, by the way. And, of course, I repent at leisure later.)
Q: What are you doing when you’re not eating Tillamook products? What are your hobbies?
A: I write novels! I have four published novels in the Iron Rose series under the name of Lorie H. Nicholes. I have sleep-over dates with my 12 grandchildren, when we do all sorts of fun things together. I’m an artist, love to sew and design clothing, furniture, and homey things. I tell stories in costume to any group who wants me, in highly dramatic fashion (photo of this below: My Fairy Godmother persona). I enjoy carpentry, silver jewelry casting, and inventing stuff. Twice a month I teach Career Workshops for job-seekers at the LDS Employment Center. And I read 4 hours a day (most delightfully if I am also delicately licking spoonfuls of Tillamook Mudslide Ice Cream!). You can tell I’m retired, right?
Q: Anything else you want to share about your love for Tillamook?
A: You do make great cheese! I love the Mozzarella and Sharp Cheddar especially. Grilled cheese sandwiches on homemade whole wheat! Yum!
One of Lorie's hobbies: dramatic storytelling in costume
"Decisions..." Photo by Facebook fan Joel A.
With summer weather finally here, ice cream is on everyone’s brains. What’s summer without a big bowl of Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream? Or a waffle cone with Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream… or a scoop of Tillamook Old-Fashioned Vanilla Ice Cream on top of warm, homemade pie?!
Now I’m desperately craving ice cream! Don’t forget to stop by the store this weekend to pick up some Tillamook Ice Cream for our Ice Cream Photo Contest (winner gets 12 free cartons of Tillamook Ice Cream!).
Love,
Loafy
Facebook:
From Ron D: Loving the Tillamook Marionberry Pie Ice Cream I’m scarfing down on right now.
From Susan Y.S.: We are planning to go strawberry picking this afternoon to make jam and some sauce for Tillamook Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream!
From Patti S.: Yum yum!!!! I wish I was back in Tillamook enjoying your delicious ice cream!!! It’s the best ever!!! : )
From Candice D.: Send some down to us in sunny Tampa, FL. We are missing your ice cream!!!!! Thank goodness that Costco still has your cheese here though :-)
From Liz K.F.: I just celebrated my birthday with an enormous bowl of Tillamook Mudslide… the chocolate-tiest ice cream in the world, it’s incredible!
Twitter:
From @Jenndola: Once you go @TillamookCheese Ice Cream, you can never go back.
From @melissa_leah: Oh thank god. I have some Tillamook Ice Cream!
From @HitBoy_SC: Tillamook has the best ice cream. Period.
From @rhaen_: If I had the #StanleyCup for a day I’d take it to @TillamookCheese Factory & make them fill it with Mountain Huckleberry Ice Cream.
From @alwaysnwonder: @TillamookCheese too bad the carton of ice cream only lasts @mruncommonsense 2 or 3 bowls!
Kids love Tillamook Key Lime Yogurt!
This week we’ve been talking a lot about Tillamook Yogurt and our new $1 Off Tillamook Yogurt Coupon on Facebook (available until 6/30). It has been so fun to hear why our fans love Tillamook Yogurt and what favorite flavors stock their fridges. Thanks to everyone who has been joining the Tillamook Yogurt conversation!
Love,
Loafy
Here are 10 of our favorite yogurt comments on Facebook this week:
From Copper W.: Thank you for the coupon! Tillamook Yogurt is the only yogurt I will buy. My 4 year old son eats a container of your French Vanilla Bean Yogurt every day (seriously!). We love everything Tillamook!
From Chizuko C.: Thank you so much! We always enjoy our Tillamook Yogurt. My son wants me to give you an extra special thank you for making his favorite: Watermelon! Our other favorites are Oregon Strawberry, Northwest Berry Patch, and Cherry Vanilla. Keep up the great work!
From Saephti P.: Tillamook Yogurt – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Baked Apple Pie flavor! This is the absolute best yogurt I have ever had. :)
From Lisa B.: I love LOVE LOVE Tillamook Cheese and Yogurt. Vanilla Bean, baby… Need I say more?? It is just so good frozen too. I am so glad we live near the Tillamook Factory. It is always at my store!!
From Elizabeth L.: Yay yogurt! My kids LOVE your yogurt! My five year old’s favorite is the Key Lime, my three year old loves Peach. I love that they have no hormones.
From Misty C.: Our kids love Key Lime yogurt!
From Betty C.: Can’t wait to try the yogurt – if it’s as good as your cheese – YUMM!!!!!!
From Mary L.: My favorite yogurt! Love the real fruit pieces.
From Angela S.: Thank you for the coupon. Your yogurt is the best and the only kind I want to feed my kids! We love the lowfat Key Lime!
From Valerie C.S.: Thanks for the coupon and thanks for not adding artificial sweeteners and colors!
Celebrating National Chocolate Ice Cream Day at the Cheese Factory. Posted by Facebook Fan Tommy Hintz.
Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for the “Loaf Love” online this week!
Love,
Loafy
Facebook:
From Saephti P.: Tillamook Yogurt – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your apple pie flavor! This is the absolute best yogurt I have ever had. :)
From Kaila H.: Just saw my first Tillamook Ice Cream commercial here in Idaho! Love it!
From Debbie E.R.: I love Tillamook Yogurt so much it’s the only brand I buy! Thanks for the coupons!
From Grace A.: Just wanted to come and show some love Tillamook Cheese! I grew up with your cheese and LOVE it :D My mom would always make us quesadillas with it :D And we’d occasionally have it with summer sausage and crackers :D Now that I am an adult I buy the cheese myself, lol.
From Carly H.: Just shared lbs of Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Vintage White Extra Sharp Cheddar and Garlic Chili Pepper Cheddar with coworkers in NYC. Lots of grins and “mmmmmmms.” Not one frown. Thanks Tillamook.
Twitter:
From @tlscolwell: @TillamookCheese @BurgervilleUSA is always yummy but I won’t skip the cheese next time. #lessonlearned
From @Arachnidkid: Guys this is amazing. Now Tillamook is following me and just thanked me. This day is getting pretty awesome.
From @scarlet_ibis: @TillamookCheese I know it’s silly of me, but I always imagine that an actual lump of Tillamook Cheese is posting tweets. This pleases me.
From @carlamatic: I need to come to PDX with a huge cooler and fill it with Tillamook stuff to bring back here!
From @carlamatic: I’d recommend checking out the Tillamook brand yogurts. They’re *AWESOME* and I *HATE* yogurt.
Thanks for the fun conversations this week!
Love,
Loafy
Facebook:
From Sandy B.L.: I used to use American cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches…now it’s only Tillamook Pepper Jack Cheese! So good! (And it’s also great in homemade mac n cheese, mixed with Medium Tillamook Cheddar!)
From Dawn E.: Hey! I stopped by the Tillamook Cheese Factory last weekend and tried the Sticky Bun Ice Cream (per your suggestion). It was AWESOME!!!
From Marian H.: My husband and I are expecting our first child later this year, and I’ve had some massive morning sickness along the way – providentially, the ONLY food that would consistently settle on my tummy was Tillamook Cheddar Cheese! =) The doctor approved (citing “real” cheese as a great source of calcium/protein), and so we ate DOZENS of pounds of cheese (purchased from Costco/our military commissary)! =) Just had to share… sure appreciate you!
From Melanie S.T.: Love the cheese, but your yogurt is out of this world…I have to drive over a half hour to get it at a WinCo, the only place that carries it here.
From Heidi S.: I love Tillamook everything, every morning my husband and I have Tillamook Yogurt for breakfast. It tastes the best and is priced right. The ice cream is delicious - our favorite is Udderly Chocolate. We are just Tillamook fans. We even took some of our vacation time to visit the factory.
Twitter:
From @gregvalentine: I’m not sure people can appreciate what life was like living all those places all those years without Tillamook Cheese. “Living?” Hardly.
From @BelindaOlsen: I LOVE the Tillamook creamery! Best ice cream. Ever! If I went on vacation to OR I don’t think I’d come home.
From @xtop: @TillamookCheese You are now my favorite anthropomorphic food of all time.
From @brandoniain: Mashed fresh raspberries over buckwheat pancakes with a turkey sausage, bell pepper and @TillamookCheese scramble. Frickin yum!
From @BeachBumChris: Turns out that @TillamookCheese goes nicely after wings and beer. God I love cheese.
The Tillamook Loaf Love Tour made its mark at the Creekside Smokehouse on their wall of fame!
National Cheese Day is one of the most important holidays a Baby Loaf can celebrate, so I was delighted to hear that so many Tillamook fans plan on celebrating as well! As always, thanks for all the Loaf Love!
And thanks for all your sweet thoughts online…
Love,
Loafy
Facebook:
From Ken H.: Oh my gosh are you kidding I love Tillamook Cheese. I grew up on it and will not eat any other cheese unless I have absolutely no other option and am craving cheese . Wow yes totally love this one I do.
From Windy E.: on my snacking/meal agenda just about every day is Tillamook Cheese (of some sort, in some form or another) :) Happy National Cheese Day all!! :)
From Cameron M.: Pretty sure it’s going to be a grilled cheese day today! Love you Tillamook!
From Chris B.: Thank you for the fine quality of your products that are free of rBST and high fructose corn syrup.
From Teigan B.: Ooohhh yummy!! I love Tillamok Cheese because your cheese is the closest I can get to the bitey tasty cheese I grew up with in Australia! The stronger the better for me and my kids! Don’t stop aging that cheese!
Twitter:
From @TheOnyxPlate: Via @TillamookCheese …. Tomorrow is National Cheese Day!!! But, honestly, do we really need an excuse to eat yummy cheese?
From @beechercreature: 38 flavors (of ice cream)! I don’t know which to pick! @TillamookCheese
From @davidpetersonh: #ff @TillamookCheese because my garlic mushroom potatoes come to life when I use their Special Reserve Extra Sharp Cheddar in the mix! :-)
From @Linditacouture: Tillamook Baked Apple Pie Yogurt = amazing
From @Wanda543: Getting ready to leave to go camping. I don’t care if I have to eat tree bark, as long as I have my @TillamookCheese.
Photo by Facebook fan Linden S.M.
Hooray for the holiday weekend! What’s everyone up to? I know one thing I’ll be doing for sure — making a sundae bar with Tillamook Sticky Bun Ice Cream!
Thanks again for another week of fun conversations online!
Love,
Loafy
Facebook:
From Clifford D.: Celebrating my 50th b-day today with Sharp Cheddar and crackers right now. AND, Chocolate w/peanut butter swirl ice cream with my cake tonight.
From Teresa S.: Your ice cream is delicious! I’ve recently fallen in love with Oregon Strawberry! So creamy! My other favorite is Mudslide.
From Ben D.: I love your cheese. Extra Sharp Cheddaron a grilled cheese is pretty much my childhood between two pieces of bread. Nom ♥
From Paige H.: My husband and I bought our first Tillamook Ice Cream… Banana Split!! It doesn’t get any better… it has everything in it… cherries, chocolate syrup, and even the walnut chips. EXCELLENT!!
From Joey L.: I’m from Portland originally and live In Sacramento now. We made the 2 hour drive to see the Love loaf Tour and go to the Zoo. Everyone that worked on the tour was wonderful!!! They made me feel like a celebrity when they found out I was from Oregon and had been to the creamery!! I had a great time and I’m looking forward to seeing them in Sacramento!!! I love Tillamook products, and only buy them!!
Twitter:
From @MattLewis84: Both @TillamookCheese and @CrunchIsCalling (Wheat Thins) are following me. This is some kind of delicious twitter amazingness going on here.
From @Mommy3G: I wanna go to Santorini Island in Greece, I wanna bring @TillamookCheese and I wanna walk on a Black Sands Beach! #wannagobw @TheBestWestern
From @tessamcs: @TillamookCheese Crisis! Out of Tilla-Moos! Must.Get.To.The.Store…
From @RufnSerious: Power breakfast: @TillamookCheese – 2 Tilla-Moos. Do not get in my way today people.
From @HousePuma: OhMyGosh! @TillamookCheese -mascot named Loafy that tweets. As if. Like a loaf of cheese actually could use Twitter. (<3 ur yummy goodness)
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Tillamook at Sunset Celebration
June 1 - 2
Join Tillamook for some Yogurt at Sunset Celebration this year in Menlo Park!
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Loaf Love Tour
May 26 - June 1
Catch the Loaf Love Tour in Portland for samples, coupons & fun!
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Loaf Love Tour
June 3-9
Join the Loaf Love Tour in Seattle for some samples, coupons and fun! Check the schedule to see where we're headed!
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Loaf Love Tour
June 11-16
Come find the Loaf Love Tour in Spokane! We'll have samples, coupons and lots of fun!
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